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I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.
My goal is to be a great-looking 70-year-old! I won't mind being 70, but I want people to say, "You're 70?"
I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.
Just because you're married [to the president] doesn't mean you've given up your right to have and opinion.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.
Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
I have often thought that less is expected of the president of a great corporation than of an American wife.
The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.
The issues that cross a president's desk are never easy. The easy questions don't even get to the president.
Kids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say.
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.
If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!
Style helps distinguish you . . . It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside
The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation.
Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
I've watched my family grow, I've traveled around the world and I've had a chance to contribute some, I think.
Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.
Not everybody is going to run a marathon or do a triathlon. It's not necessary to do that to be in good health.
I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.
Whatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.
I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity.
As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all.
Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.
And what has been just completely heart warming is to see that people are really hungry for something different.
I think I'm probably more typical of the average American who doesn't have a connection to a military community.
When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.
A guest is really good or bad because of the host or hostess who makes being a guest an easy or a difficult task.
You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.
I've really tried to learn the art of clothes, because you don't sell for what you're worth unless you look good.
Education is spreading hope. Millions are now learning to live with HIV/AIDS - instead of waiting to die from it.
When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted
A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.
He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights... it had to be some silly little Communist.
Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny.
Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs.
I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.
It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.